A river shuttle on the Rhône in Lyon. - C. VILLEMAIN / 20 MINUTES

When the rescue team recovered her, she was hypothermic. The Lyon police launched this Tuesday a call for witnesses to try to find a man involved in a homicide attempt that occurred on the night of Friday to Saturday in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon. That evening, around 0h20, a 20-year-old girl was hit and then pushed into the waters of the Rhône, quai Jean-Moulin, near the Morand bridge, near the C5 bus stop, police report.

The investigation was entrusted to the departmental security of the Rhône, which currently has little information on the suspect. Those likely to have witnessed the scene or to have seen a man flee that night are asked to contact the investigators on 04.87.62.91.10, during the week, or 06.86.26.25.04 on weekdays weekend and public holidays.

The police do not specify under what circumstances the girl was attacked and pushed into the water. According to Radioscoop, the victim was thrown into the water could see refused to give a cigarette to his attacker. Rescued from the water by firefighters, she had been hospitalized in a relative emergency.

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